Stone Butterfly

Stone Butterfly

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] maotongcao, Huoxuedan (Zhejiang Tianmu yam flora), cockroach head, hongyejiaocao, jiaojiaoye, Daqing, Wulixiang, Yanzhu, yanjiaocao, dingba, jianyejiaocao (Zhejiang folk herbs).

[source] it is the whole plant of Sedum purpureum.

[plant morphology] Rhodiola

Herbs perennial, glabrous. Stem erect, slightly zigzag curved at nodes, 20-40 cm long. The leaves are alternate, the upper leaves are strip-shaped, 2 cm long and 2 mm wide; the middle and lower leaves are elliptic obovate, 8.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, acute, the base is gradually narrowed, and the upper edge has undulate obtuse teeth. The corymb is terminal, 10 cm in diameter, and the flowers are dense; sepals 5, lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm long; petals 5, purple, ovate lanceolate, 5 mm long, acute; stamens 10; carpels 5, erect , lanceolate, free. Follicles lanceolate. Seeds small, strip, brown. The flowering period is October.

It grows in the cracks of rocks and on tiles. Distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Zhejiang folk herbs: "cool in nature, bitter in taste. "

[functions and indications] Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "activating blood and promoting muscle, hemostasis and detoxification. Treatment of contusion, hematemesis, infantile convulsion, pleurisy, snake bite, lumbar muscle strain, scald, herpes zoster. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-6 yuan (1-3 Liang fresh). External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To treat food accumulation: six to seven coins for stone butterfly, one or two roots for hawthorn (wild hawthorn of Rosaceae), four to five coins for Agrimonia. Fried in water, take once in the morning and once in the evening before meals.

② Treatment of hematemesis: Stone butterfly fresh whole grass one to three Liang, plus Agrimonia equal amount. Decoct in water, take yellow rice wine and brown sugar.

③ Treatment of fire and scald: Stone butterfly powder, oil applied to the affected area. (selected the prescription and published the records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang Province)